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I applied for a CNC Programmer position, but upon joining, regardless of the position, everyone has to work as an operator for one month. The longer I worked there, the more I discovered that the company had many problems.
The purchasing department repeatedly orders materials unnecessarily; the vises on the shop floor are not calibrated; machine malfunctions are not repaired (as long as a machine can still run, it is not repaired; half of the machines have broken lights, and most machines require the three-axis origin to be reset—“every time a program is executed”); and the use of cutting tools is restricted (among the more than 3,000 tools, some cannot be used, such as finishing tools and new tools; the supervisor only says it is a cost consideration). The supervisor does not address problems (the issues mentioned above) and only wants to get urgent orders onto the machines. There is no overtime pay for working overtime on weekdays. It is considered normal for one foreign worker to operate three machines, but even when each of the three machines only takes 1–3 minutes, it is still one person operating three machines, so....